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Car Coupling
Patent for rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Rowell, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Railway-Rail
Patent for a compound railway-rail. This invention is a solid open jointed rail whereby two longitudinal section may be brought together without creating open joints. Illustration included.
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Stephens, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved band stretcher. This design "relates to improvements in band-stretchers in which a windlass, crank, and ratchets operate in conjunction with a sliding clamp; and the object of [the] improvement is to provide a device with which the ends of a band may be drawn together and held for the purpose of lacing" (lines 15-21).
Date:
February 23, 1886
Creator:
Lawrence, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator that "consists in providing the main axle with spur-wheels and with depending supports to which are attached the beams of the cultivator shovels and a cutting blade which extends in front of the machine and is adapted to be vibrated by the spur-wheels as the machine moves over the ground, thereby providing means for chopping cotton or other stalks" (lines 17-25).
Date:
January 23, 1894
Creator:
Bosley, Henry C. & Organ, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad-cars. This design "relates to car-couplings; and it has for its object to provide improved devices whereby the cars may be automatically coupled; and further, to provide improved devices for this purpose which shall be simple in construction and thoroughly effective in operation" (10-16).
Date:
September 23, 1884
Creator:
Reid, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cough-Medicine.
Patent for "a new and improved cough-medicine" (lines 7-8).
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
King, Julia Ann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements to churns, "and has special reference to what are known as 'vibrating-dasher' churns." (lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal and Control for Railways
Patent for "automatically arresting the travel of a locomotive or train in the event of failure of a clear track" (lines 11-14).
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
Pool, Carl L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for a wheel hub, which has anti friction parts inside of it.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Neighbour, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a windmill that changes directions with the wind automatically and provides more power to the pump.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Romans, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Gang-Plow and Cultivator
Patent for a new gang-plow and cultivator design, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 23, 1870
Creator:
Thornton, Sterling C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns
Patent for a geared mechanism to attach to existing churns to aid in the production of cream into butter. Illustrations include front and side elevations.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
Gray, Whitley F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Pipe Wrench.
Patent for a nut and pipe wrench that has a detachable handle member which allows the shank to be reduced and extended.
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Hunter, Arthur G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Car
Patent for an improvement on stock cars to "enable the weight of the water-laden troughs to be overcome and the troughs elevated in position simultaneously through the entire length of the car; second, to regulate the movement of the water-troughs" (lines 16-20).
Date:
December 23, 1890
Creator:
Lazarus, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Hook
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Hame-Hooks." (lines 5-6). "The object of the invention is to provide a hame-hook which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and by means of which the tug or trace chain may be easily attached to the hame at various heights and be securely retained in position." (lines 12-18)
Date:
September 23, 1902
Creator:
Lindsay, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for a suspension bridge that improves on a previous patent granted to the inventor (No. 411,499). This patent is meant to "decrease the vertical motion in floor of min span of bridge, thereby adding stability thereto; to provide for a new and improved anchorage for the suspension cables of the bridge; and, furthermore, to improve certain details of construction" (lines 15-20).
Date:
January 23, 1894
Creator:
Greer, William Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Door
Patent for a railway car door that is designed to assist with loading and unloading of grain
Date:
October 23, 1915
Creator:
Alquist, Sven Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Car Door.
Patent for Grain-Car Door. "The object the present invention is to arrange the door for use in transporting grain without requiring any additional grain door or planking on the inside door opening." (Line 3)
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Hartough, Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Air-Brake Appliance.
Patent for a safety air brake appliance, which automatically applies the brakes on each car if a car derails.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Ash, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railway-Tracks.
Patent for improvements in the adjoining of railway tracks.
Date:
July 23, 1878
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Fastening Device.
Patent for a rail fastening device for use in building street car tracks on roads with concrete foundations. The fastener is put in place in the wet concrete and held fast there by its hardening and eliminates the need for cross ties.
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Crerar, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator and Burner.
Patent for a "combined gas generator and burner" (lines 9-10) adapted for household heating and cooking purposes including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Hopper, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History